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Venice Film Festival Announces Three Advancing Projects from Biennale College-Cinema Program
Three projects have advanced to the second round of the Venice Film Festival's Biennale College-Cinema program. This second phase consists of a workshop in which the participants will actually make a mini-budget film; each will get 150,000 euro in funding.
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Venice Film Festival Announces 15 Shortlisted Projects for Biennale College-Cinema
Fifteen projects representing 12 countries have been selected for the Venice Film Festival's Biennale College-Cinema. Each team is composed of a director and producer, and will take part in a 10-day workshop held in Venice in January 2013.
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Surprise! 'The Master' Tops Our End-of-Venice Poll
Paul Thomas Anderson's film proved to the juggernaught of this year's Venice Film Festival, handily taking both top film and performances in our Criticwire wrap-up poll.
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Venice Winners: Golden Lion to 'Pieta,' Director to Paul Thomas Anderson
South Korean director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" won the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, while the Silver Lion went to American director Paul Thomas Anderson for "The Master"; both his stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix shared the best male...
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Kim Ki-Duk's 'Pieta' Wins Golden Lion At Venice, 'The Master' Wins Best Actor & Director Awards
Update: Well, now it's a little clearer what Mann was talking about -- according to The Hollywood Reporter's sources, the jury wanted to give "The Master" the Golden Lion as well, but were told that they couldn't give one film more than two major awards. After some deliberation...
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Best of the Week: Toronto, Venice & Telluride Fest Coverage, Plus Box Office, Awards & More
This week on TOH, we're in major festival mode with coverage and reviews out of Toronto, Venice and Telluride, we look at the weekend's theatrical offerings, analyze last weekend's box office and more!
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Venice Reviews For Brian De Palma's 'Passion' Are a Bloody Mess
Reviews for the "Blow Out" director's return to the thriller genre have not been thrilling.
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Venice Wrap: Our 5 Favorite Films Of The Festival, Plus Our Complete Coverage
The Venice Film Festival is done for another year. Actually, that's far from true: the festival doesn't wrap up til tomorrow, when top gong Golden Lion, and other prizes, will be awarded. And since we departed on Wednesday, a few more high-profile films have been unveiled, including Brillante Mendoz...
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Venice Review: 'Passion' Has Flashes Of Classic Brian De Palma, But Often Feels Lackluster
Like the waves that lap the beach by the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice, Brian De Palma is reassuringly steadfast. Over the years his Movie Brat brethren Scorsese and Spielberg have adapted their respective styles to align with evolving audience tastes and advancing technology, embracing 3D and motion...
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Venice: 'Crawl' Wins the Europa Cinemas Label for Venice Days Section
Hervé Lasgouttes' "Crawl" has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival. By receiving the Label, "Crawl" benefits from promotional support and better exhibition options from the Europa Cinemas network.
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